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Hekte
| Issuer | Mytilene |
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| Year | 412 BC - 378 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Female head facing left, identified as Ariadne, rendered in fine archaic-to-transitional Greek style. The hair is gathered and enclosed within a sakkos (fabric head covering), which is ornately decorated with three clusters of grapes in relief, referencing Ariadne's Dionysiac associations. Facial features are delicately modeled with a refined profile, displaying a gentle eye, soft chin, and striated hair visible along the brow and nape. The field is smooth and uninscribed, with the portrait occupying nearly the full flan. |
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| Reverse description | A lion passant to the right, depicted in a bold, energetic posture with musculature rendered in confident relief, clasping a spearhead between its jaws. The figure is set within a linear square border, itself contained within a shallow incuse square — a hallmark of early electrum coinage technique. The groundline beneath the lion is indicated by a raised rule within the linear frame. No legend is present; the design fills the incuse field with assured archaic craftsmanship characteristic of Mytilenean electrum issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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